Stout Leads $50,000 Bee Line Bridge Stock Bid
Local capitalist L C Stout purchases $50,000 in stock for the Bee Line highway bridge project over the Tennessee River. He owns river land pledged as consideration. officers say the bridge will yield an 8 percent income and private capital will fund a $400,000 construction. The bridge aims to connect Twin Cities area with Limestone and open north south traffic to Chicago and the South.
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Boros
Tennessee River
Bulding Company
Mr. Stout
Company Ag
Stoutbridge
Alabama Street
Twin Cities
Tennessee
C. BE. Cash
Nashville
Hewit Company
Spartansburg
S. C
Hare Week
Stout
Chicago
Bee Line Highway
French Disagree At Allied Parley On Dawes Plan Sanctions
Interallied committee reports progress yet faults remain over Germany default sanctions and loan safeguards. French British views clash on reparations authority as American observer notes potential early consensus with Dawes plan ideals.
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Lond
Interallied Conference
Germany
Cial
James A. Logan, Jr
United. States
MacDonald
Herriot
Checquers Court
Lord Parmoor
Frank’b. Kellogg
Albany council drops cost sharing on paving protests
Albany city council discharged the protest committee over paying costs for paving projects and appointed new committees to confer with objectors. A motion by Alvin L. Jolly aimed to reduce tensions and avoid litigation, drawing praise from Rev. A H Manley. The July 25 report deadline was set, Gordon Drive paving failed, new sidewalks were approved, and the city code was adopted. Proposals to remit street taxes for L and N white men were postponed pending official forms.
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Ai Fm
Albany City Council
M. Maxwell
Alvin P. Jolly
T. Frank Lewis Clift
H. Cores
Alvin L. Jolly
G. W. Norwood
R. Scrough Morest
Albany
J. M Maxwell
G. Cae
Sittason
Mr. Jolly
A.H. Manley
Gordon Drive
Alderman Jolly
John W. Knight
EF. W. Godbey
J. I. Chrissinger
Dr. Almon
R. H. Wolcott
A. Z. Bailey
J. I Chrissinger
W.atthews
Labor Forces May Unite In Support R R
Senator Burton Wheeled a Democratic prosecutor in the Daugherty committee announced acceptance of second place on the Independent ticket led by Senator Robert M LaFollette of Wisconsin. The move signals potential unity of labor and third party support in the political contest.
Miss Nell Safley Wins Local YWCA Speech Contest
Rain delayed the Lochl W C T U medal contest at the local Y M C A. Nell Safley won for the highest work among contestants Annie ent Edith Holingsworth Elsie Johnson and Corine Stevens. Dr L F Goodwin presented the medal in a short address. Judges were Mrs W Fitzgerald Imogene Winton and Mrs C W Black. Ellen Greendyke presided Lois Bowen assisted and was introduced. Speakers endorsed repeal of the Volstead Act.
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Ys M. C. A
Nell Safley
Annicent
Edith Holingsworth
Elsie Johnson
Corine Stevens
L. F. Goodwin
W. Fitzgerald
Imogene Winton
C. W. Black
Ellen Greendyke
Leal Prohibition Wader
Lois. Bowen
Negro Dies After Rattlesnake Bite Near Wilson Dam
Henry Day and W E Hefner, local businessmen, report a large rattlesnake weighing 93 pounds and carrying 34 rattles bit a Black laborer working near Wilson Dam. He died the same day despite hospital care in Florence, according to the witnesses.
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Henry Day
W. E. Hefner
Tennessee Valley
Nominee Davis Leaves for Maine Ten Day Campaign Jaunt
Democratic nominee John W. Davis sails north along the Maine coast seeking a quiet setting at the 700 acre island home of Charles Dana Gibéon for ten days. He plans August 11 as his formal acceptance and will return to New York for events before ceremony in Harrisburg.
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Rockwell Express
Clem. L.~ Shaver
West, Virginia
Jo@hn W. Davis
Maine
Charles Dana Gibéon
Two Plymouth Rock Roosters Die in Yard Fight
In Albany, J W McCluskey mourns two Plymouth Rock roosters killed after a fierce in-yard battle. He notes unusually hard fighting between the birds and says both died from the encounter. Neighbors say they have never heard of two roosters killing each other in a single fight.
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Plymouth Rock
J. W. McCluskey
Albany
Mr. McCluskey
Tennessee
King May Be Turned To Federal Officers
A report from Columbia indicates Mortimer H. King, alleged to confess to killing Major Samuel H. McLeary, may be transferred to federal custody. Federal authorities could arrive with a warrant on murder charges, while the DOJ decides if King should stay federal or be returned to state authorities.
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King
Columbia
8. C
Mortimer H. King
Samuel Hi. _McLeary
Gore
Richland County
Aterfield County
Department of Justice
State troops in readiness in Oklahoma at Willisburton
State troops were held in readiness early today to respond to a threat reported last night from Hartshorne to shut down Cambria and McConnell mines. Deputies to guard Begdan and McConnell mines. if needed, state troops would be deployed. No arrests have been made and owners have not commented on planned actions.
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Hartshorne
Nan
McConnel
Cambria
Begdan
McConnell
Saga
Four Men Freed Of Defraud Charge
A U S jury acquitted four men on indictments alleging defrauding the government in the sale of surplus lumber after the war. Names connected include John H Phillips chairman of the state Republican committee and Charles F Shotwell of Indiana, with others previously acquitted or later named in the indictments. The government allegedly lost more than a million dollars.
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Washington
M Ie
John II
Phillip
Charles Phillips
Frank P. Sullivan
Buffalo
Charles F. Shotwell
IndignaPe
John Stephens
Jacksonville
Ernest GC. Moss
Cincinnati
George M. Chambers
Consul Robert Imbrie Dies After Mob Attack in Persia
A U S diplomat report states vice consul Robert Imbrie died from shock after a mob brutally beat him in Tehran during a religious demonstration. Melvin Seymour was also attacked, as the crowd mistook them for Bahai adherents amid anti Bahai protests.
Death of Major Imbrie Amid City Mob Attack in London
A dispatch reports Major Robert Imbrie killed after being attacked by a mob while photographing a public fountain with the consul and an oriental. Officials sought details. Imbrie had served as vice consul during Consul Godlieb's leave. Born 1884 in Washington, he studied at George Washington University and Yale, and practiced law before joining the French army in WWI.
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London
Foresia
Robert
Imbrie
Associated Press
Godlieb
United States
Petrograd
Washington
eGorge Washington University
Yale
Blind Singers at Decatur Baptist Church
The Woods Blind Jubilee Singers from the blind school of ngham will perform at Decatur Baptist Church Sunday night following regular services. They have appeared at Howard College and before various white churches and sang before the state legislature in Montgomery.
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The
Woods
Ngham
Decatur Baptist Church
Howard College
L. W. Dawson
Birmingham
Montgomery
Dinky Rinks Defeat Madison 5 to 4 in Narrow Win
The Dinky Rinks of Decatur defeated Madison 5 to 4 yesterday. Roy Street hit a standout four homer, and the local battery was Lee and 7 maaan.
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Decatur
Madison
Roy Street
Lee
Maaan Madisn
Kelly
Wheeler weighs vice presidential offer for progressive movement
The committee pressed Senator Wheeler to join a permanent political movement linked to La Follette and progressive action. Wheeler expressed reluctance but showed interest, promising to decide within 24 hours on the proposed nomination. Born in Massachusetts, he later practiced law in Butte and served as U S district attorney.
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Wheeler
Movement For
Senate
Daugherty
Massachusetts
University of Michigan
Bean
Butte
New Time
Montana
United States
Wheeler launches independent ticket campaign against Coolidge and Davis
Senator Burton Wheeler begins his campaign with a political broadside attacking Calvin Coolidge and John W. Davis. Wheeler, who accepts the vice presidential nomination on the independent ticket, says he is a Democrat but not a Wall Street Democrat and criticizes the Democratic Party for ignoring the call of the people.
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Washington
Burton K. Wheeler
Calvin Coolidge
John W. Davis
Wall Street
Pues
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